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ISIDOR MAUTNER, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUN GARY.

TENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,066, dated March 5,1895.

Application filed September 24,1894. Serial No. 523,896. (No model.)Patented in Belgium/April 28, 1894,110. 109,721 in Switzerland April 28,1894:,110. 8,349; in Hungary May 6, 1894, No. 364, and in Austria May1'7, 1894,1To. i l/1,714

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISIDOR MAUTNER, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Vienna, in the Province of Lower Austria,in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tents, (for which I have obtain ed patents in Austria,dated May 17, 189

No. 44/1314. in Hungary, No. 364, dated May 6, 1894; in Switzerland, No.8,349, dated April 28, 1894s, and in Belgium, dated April 28, 1894, No.109,721,) and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to tents, and more particularly to convertibletents, and it has for its object a construction of a sectional tent, thesections of which are adapted to be converted into a garment, as anovercoat.

It has for its further object a construction of a sectional tent moreparticularly adapted for military purposes, in which the sections areadapted to be converted into a military overcoat, as will now be fullydescribed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which--h Figure 1 is a face'or plan view of one of the tent sections. Fig. 2illustrates its conversion into an overcoat, which is shown by a rearview, Fig. 3 being a front view thereof. Fig. at is a perspective viewof the completed tent. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section thereof, andFig. 6 a detail view.

In the above-described drawings I have illustrated my improvedconvertible tent as constructed of two exactly similar sections, a and aconstructed as follows, referring to Fig. 1: The sections have the formof a rhomboid or diamond, and are provided with arm holes a at suitablepoints on opposite sides of the center of least diameter 00, and to eachof said arm holes is secured a sleeve b, the arm holes beingsubstantially ellipsoidal with their major axis convergent. To thefabric contiguous to the sleeves and substantially in the plane of themajor axis of the arm holes a is secured a flap 0t provided withbuttonholes, and at a suitable angle to the said flap 3. correspondingseries of buttons (1. are sewed to the fabric. Saidparts when buttonedto gether form the required shoulder curvature when the tent section isconverted into an overcoat. See Fig. 2. A shoulder strap a is secured inthe usual manner to the fabric close to the upper or inner end of thesleeves, and is provided at its outer end with a button hole adapted tobe buttoned to the outer button of the row a of such, said shoulderstrap serving theusual purposes and also covering the flap a At suitablepoints on opposite sides of the minor axis a: 00 of the rhomboid Isecure two straps (Z d, one of which has button holes and the other isprovided with buttons, said straps constituting the back strap andserving to gather the fabriowhen the tent section is converted into andworn as an overcoat, as shown in Fig. 2.

At one of the greater angles of the rhomboid I provide an eyelet orholefadapted to receive the upper end of the tent pole, said angle orcorner being folded back, and may serve the purposes of a hood when thesaid section is converted into and worn as an overcoat, as shown in Fig.2, and at the opposite angle I provide on the under side a'hook gadapted to hook to a loop h at asuitable di. tance from said hook;similar hooks g and loops 71. being provided at the lesser angles of therhomboid, so that said angles or corners may be turned in and secured inposition when the tent section is converted into and worn as anovercoat, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3.

The sides of the rhomboid are provided with two parallel rows of ringsor loops f one of which is arranged alongside of the edge for thepassage of the tent ropes, and one of said sides is provided with asuitable number of hooks 9 adapted to hook into either row of rings orloops f on the corresponding side of the rhomboid to secure the meetingedges of said sides when the rhomboid is converted into and worn as anovercoat, said edges overlapping, as shown in Fig. 3.

Of course buttons may be substituted for the hooks, as will be readilyunderstood.

In the erection of the tent the center pole is passed into the eyesfoftwo of the rhomboidal sections. Ropes r are passed through the outer rowof rings f along one side, say of section a and through the inner row oflike rings along the corresponding side of section a, so that themeeting edges will overlap, as shown in Fig. 6, the correspondingopposite edges of the two sections constituting the entrance flaps forthe tent, see Fig. 4,-suitable eyelets or rings arranged in pairs beingprovided along those sides and corners that constitute the ground edgesand corners of the tent, see Figs. 4, 5, and 6, for the purpose of tyingsaid edges to the pegs, though this is not absolutely necessary, as therings f may be used for that purpose.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rhomboidal or diamond shaped tent section adapted to be convertedinto a garment and provided with arm holes 0., sleeves b, means forconnecting together two of the sides of said section when converted intoa garment, and, means for turning in and securing three of the cornersof said section, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a convertible tent, a rhomboidal or diamond shaped sectionprovided with arm holes a, sleeves b, means for connecting together twoof the sides of said sections, and means for turning in and securingthree of the corners of said sections, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a convertible tent, a rhomboidal or diamond shaped sectionprovided with arm holes a, sleeves b, the flap a the buttons a therefor,the shoulder strap 0 adapted to be secured to one of said buttons, andmeans for connecting two of the sides of the tent section, for thepurpose set forth.

4. In a convertible tent, a rhomboidal or diamond shaped sectionprovided with arm holes a, sleeves I), back strap d, and means forturning in and securing three of the corners of the section, for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISIDOR MAUTNER.

Witnesses:

DEAN B. MASON, HARRY BELMONT.

